Chicago teen wrongly convicted of murder based on blind witness finally walks free after 12 years
A teenager wrongfully convicted in 2011 for a murder now walks free aged 30 after key witness found legally blind
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Darien Harris freed from prison after trial's key witness was found to be blind
Darien Harris was in prison for more than 10 years after the star witness said he committed murder.
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Man convicted of murder based on testimony of blind witness wins freedom as prosecutors opt against new trial
Two weeks after a Cook County judge overturned his murder conviction, Darien Harris is expected to be a free man again after prosecutors said Tuesday they will not retry him in a fatal shooting at a South Side gas station. Harris was an 18-year-old high school senior with a clean criminal record when prosecutors charged him in an ambush-style attack that left one man dead and another seriously ...
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New Trial for Chicago Man Following Blind Eyewitness Testimony
A Black man in Chicago had his conviction overturned after being imprisoned at just 18 years old for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. The decision was made after finding an eyewitness who identified him without being able to see him.
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Murder conviction of Chicago man who spent 10 years behind bars overturned because key eyewitness was legally blind
A Chicago man who spent more than a decade in prison after he was found guilty of murder primarily based on the testimony of a “blind eyewitness” will get a new trial, his attorney said.
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